Fred Mulley
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The Right Honourable The Lord Mulley PC |
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Mulley in 1967, when a junior defence minister
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Defence | |
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In office 4 May 1979 – 14 June 1979 |
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| Leader | Jim Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Ian Gilmour |
| Succeeded by | William Rodgers |
| Secretary of State for Defence | |
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In office 10 September 1976 – 4 May 1979 |
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| Prime Minister | Jim Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Roy Mason |
| Succeeded by | Francis Pym |
| Secretary of State for Education and Science | |
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In office 5 March 1975 – 10 September 1976 |
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| Prime Minister |
Harold Wilson Jim Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Reg Prentice |
| Succeeded by | Shirley Williams |
| Minister of Transport | |
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In office 7 March 1974 – 5 March 1975 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | John Peyton (Transport Industries) |
| Succeeded by | John Gilbert |
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Member of Parliament for Sheffield Park |
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In office 23 February 1950 – 9 June 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Burden |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 July 1918 |
| Died | 15 March 1995 (aged 76) |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater |
Christ Church, Oxford St Catharine's College, Cambridge |
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| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Rank | Sergeant |
| Unit | Worcestershire Regiment |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Frederick William Mulley, Baron Mulley, PC (3 July 1918 – 15 March 1995) was a British Labour politician, barrister-at-law and economist.
Mulley attended Warwick School between 1929 and 1936. He served in the Worcestershire Regiment in the Second World War, reaching the rank of sergeant, but was captured in 1940 and spent five years as a prisoner of war in Germany. During this time he obtained a BSc in economics and became a chartered secretary.
At the end of the war, he received an adult scholarship to Christ Church, Oxford, and after a brief spell on an economics fellowship at the University of Cambridge (1948–50) he trained as a barrister, being called to the Bar in 1954.
Mulley had been a member of the Labour Party since 1936 and at the 1945 general election he unsuccessfully contested the constituency of Sutton Coldfield. He became Member of Parliament for Sheffield Park in 1950, a position he held until retiring at the 1983 general election.
During a long career in politics he held many ministerial positions including Minister of Aviation (1965–67), Minister for Disarmament (1967–69), and Minister of Transport (1969–70, 1974–75). While at the Transport Ministry he believed it would be inappropriate to be seen to be a car driver. Although he owned an Austin Maxi, his wife was the sole user of it during this period.
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